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tribalism en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈtɹaɪ.bə.lɪ.zəm/ (Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
  • [ˈtɹɑe̯.bə.lə.zəm] (New-Zealand)
  • /ˈtɹɑe.bə.lɪ.zəm/ (Australia)

Etymology

Etymology tree English tribal Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English tribalism From tribal + -ism.

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) The condition of being tribal.
  2. (countable, uncountable) A feeling of identity and loyalty to one's tribe.
  3. (countable, uncountable) The tendency among human beings to form socially cohesive groups within which there exists social pressure upon the individual to conform to either common behaviors, customs, habits, mores and/or norms, and which groups exhibit greater or lesser degrees of exclusivism.
    • If we put an end to regionalism and normalize the flow of great energies in the body of Kyrgyzstan, then there will be a very rapid healing of the whole country and people, who have been vegetating in a semi-paralyzed state for many decades due to the grave illness of tribalism and regionalism. 2021, Rustam Atashov, Zamirbek Osorov, The Blessed Almakan:

Forms

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Antonyms

cosmopolitanism

Deriveds

neotribalism

Relateds

the Other · us versus them · parochialism · groupthink · hyperpartisanship · ingroup and outgroup

Translations (22)

da tribalisme (the condition of being tribal) · ru трибали́зм (the condition of being tribal) · fr tribalisme (the condition of being tribal) · de Stammesdenken (a feeling of identity and loyalty to one's tribe) · ka ტრაიბალიზმი (the condition of being tribal) · fi heimolaisuus (the condition of being tribal) · fi heimokuntaisuus (the condition of being tribal) · fi heimokuntaisuus (a feeling of identity and loyalty to one's tribe) · fi tribalismi (the condition of being tribal) · ka ტომობრიობა (the condition of being tribal) · de Stammesmentalität (a feeling of identity and loyalty to one's tribe) · da stammementalitet (a feeling of identity and loyalty to one's tribe) · ka ტრიბალიზმი (the condition of being tribal) · fi tribalismi (a feeling of identity and loyalty to one's tribe) · pl trybializm (the condition of being tribal) · sw ukabila (a feeling of identity and loyalty to one's tribe) · de Stammesbewusstsein (a feeling of identity and loyalty to one's tribe) · de Tribalismus (the condition of being tribal) · fr tribalisme (a feeling of identity and loyalty to one's tribe) · ru трайбали́зм (the condition of being tribal) · el φυλετισμός (the condition of being tribal) · sw ukabila (the condition of being tribal)